From: Tom Sawyer <transami@...>
Date: 2002-07-25T03:19:41+09:00
Subject: RE: GUI's and the Rouge, Part III (yes, finally) 1/2

On Wed, 2002-07-24 at 11:15, Curt Hibbs wrote:
> I cannot claim that I have done a detailed analysis, but I wouldn't assume
> that the work needed to mimic a look-and-feel is less work than using native
> widgets and filling in missing functionality. The graphics side (themes) is
> straighforward, but only one part. There is still the behavior side to
> consider (which is also a significant amount of work).

yes, i've been thinking about this. personally, i don't think that the
behaviors should be too difficult. a little tricky, yes, and they may
not be perfect, but i think they could be close enough. on the other
hand, the more difficult task will be integrating with native
clipboards, another resposibility of the Themes and Behaviors Manager. I
read sean's post concerning these issues. it is a debate that will have
to be hashed out. we should consider though that a gui engine like
ClanLib's gives us much more then a basic set of GUI widgets. like i
said, it is a full blown game sdk. (not that i personally need such a
thing, but all the better) once the wiki's up, we can begin the debate
on this and figure out which direction is best.
 
> I looked briefly at ClanLib (not enough to give you any real feedback), but
> I do have some concerns about font handling and internationalization.
> ClanLib seems to implement its own font handling that is completely
> disconnected from the underlying system, and their does not appear to be any
> consideration for internationalization.

i am attempting to contact the ClanLib mailing list about this, but the
email address dosen't seem to work for me. the email address is:
clanlib-user.x.dtu.dk; it dosen't have an @ sign, and evolution is
rejecting it as invalid. so i am unsure about this. i also looked into
the font support a little. ClanLib supports TTF fonts via FreeType, and
FreeType looked promising, mentioning unicode support. but i am unsure.
perhaps you know about this?

~transami

> Curt
> 
> 
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~transami